AGM Information • Apr 25, 2024
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street, London W1H 5BX on Thursday 25 April 2024, the following resolutions were duly passed:
THAT the Directors be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company (Rights) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £83,199,575, provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, or, if earlier, on 25 July 2025, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such authority which would or might require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot shares and grant Rights pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired.
THAT, if Resolution 14 above is passed, the Board be authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be limited:
(i) to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares in connection with an offer of securities in favour of the holders of ordinary shares on the register of shareholders at such record dates as the Directors may determine and other persons entitled to participate therein (if any) where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of the ordinary shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held or deemed to be held by them on any such record dates, subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems arising under the laws of any overseas territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or by virtue of shares being represented by depositary receipts or any other matter; and
(ii) to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) of this Resolution 15) to any person or persons up to an aggregate nominal amount of £12,479,936,
such authority to expire upon the expiry of the general authority conferred by Resolution 14 above, but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
THAT, if Resolution 14 above is passed and in addition to the power conferred by Resolution 15, the Directors be and they are hereby authorised pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/ or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be:
such authority to expire upon the expiry of the general authority conferred by Resolution 14 above, but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
THAT the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of ordinary shares of 5 pence each of the Company on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine provided that:
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Chair of the Board
Dated: 25 April 2024
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